Vauld news and trends

Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum...
Cryptocurrency // August 14, 2022

India’s Enforcement Directorate, which works on probing financial crimes, announced Friday (Aug. 12) that it has frozen assets worth around 3.7 billion rupees ($46.4 million) from crypto exchange Vauld. In its statement, the Directorate said authorities are looking into wallets held by Flipvolt, the legal...

Crypto Lending Crisis Spreads to Asia as Thailand’s Zipmex Exchange Halts Withdrawals
Cryptocurrency // July 21, 2022

The latest round of insolvencies in the crypto lending crisis has extended to Southeast Asia, where cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex froze withdrawals and Singapore-based lender Vauld revealed the extent of its losses. While a number of other crypto lenders, including Voyager Digital, Celsius Network and Babel...

Today in Crypto: Nexo Plans to Buy Vauld; UK Explores DeFi Taxation
Cryptocurrency // July 05, 2022

Nexo, the cryptocurrency lender, said it plans to buy troubled fellow lender Vauld, showing how a consolidated crypto industry might look, Reuters wrote Tuesday (July 5). Nexo will be buying 100% of Singapore-based Vauld and would “reorganize its future operations with the aim to accelerate...

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Buyouts Aren’t Stopping Crypto’s Dominoes From Falling
Cryptocurrency // July 05, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried’s stated goal of stopping a few insolvent crypto lenders from cascading into a failed string of dominoes is starting to look a lot more like bargain hunting. The billionaire founder of the FTX exchange had positioned himself as the industry’s lender of last...

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Report: Crypto Lender Vauld Vetoes Nexo Acquisition Plan

December 26, 2022
Crypto lender Vauld has reportedly called off an acquisition by rival Nexo. “We were previously exploring a potential acquisition by Nexo as part of the proposed restructuring plan,” Vauld said in a private message on Twitter, published by Coinbase on Monday (Dec. 26). “To provide a very brief summary, our discussions with Nexo have unfortunately […]

Today in Crypto: Nexo Plans to Buy Vauld; UK Explores DeFi Taxation

July 05, 2022
Nexo, the cryptocurrency lender, said it plans to buy troubled fellow lender Vauld, showing how a consolidated crypto industry might look, Reuters wrote Tuesday (July 5). Nexo will be buying...

Today in Crypto: CoinShares Acquires Napoleon Asset Management; Crypto Lender Vauld Suspends Withdrawals as Customers...

July 04, 2022
Digital asset investment firm CoinShares is acquiring Napoleon Asset Management, one of the first ever digital asset managers, CoinShares announced Monday (July 4). The purchase follows CoinShares’ acquisition of Napoleon...

Crypto Lender Vauld Suspends Withdrawals as Customers Yanked $200M

July 04, 2022
Crypto lender Vauld, which is backed by both Coinbase and investor Peter Thiel, has suspended withdrawals, citing the crisis on the digital asset market, the Financial Times reported Monday (July...